France 24, la nouvelle chaine d’infos française, a été lancée la semaine dernière, en français et en anglais. Elle sera bientôt aussi en arabe, et vise à concurrencer CNN, la BBC et Al Jeezera.
http://www.france24.com
La chaine est encore en construction, et pour l’instant ce qui me plait est que l’on peut encore récupérer les vidéos…
Voici deux thèmes que j’ai remarqués : Fooding et Living on the Moon.
Fooding
On eTeachnet, our colleague F.W. Arbacette recommends this video about fooding (here to improve canteen food), ending with:
« That’s ‘le fooding’ : the French no fool answer to regimented cuisine »
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/special-reports/20061206-CUISINE-SPECIAL-REPORT/FOODING_061203.html
There is no transcript, and the content about fooding isn’t very informative, but I think it gives the world an interesting image of the French, especially the man eating and smoking…;)
video: mms://video.france24.com/WB EN MG CULT FOODING V2_400.wmv
To get more information read :
– this article written by an American, Moira Chambers, this summer on the Superchef blog : you find the origin of the word fooding and how it was coined, and also that San Pellegrino is a partner (that’s why you see the bottle on the tables) and that it is a free buffet lunch, which explains why the man is standing and eating
http://www.superchefblog.com/2005/09/french-fooding-young-and-hungry.html
– and this article from « France Today » which focuses on the new vocabulary and offers explanations and translations for the new or trendy expression. For example : ringard = fuddy-duddy. (for advanced students and all those who want to keep up with the trend.)
http://www.francetoday.com/thismonth/foodwithattitude.php
You can also add the documents on this page from Séverine Magnin, including a video extract from a programme featuring Jamie Oliver cooking with Tom Cruise
http://englishseccollege.over-blog.com/categorie-956325.html
Living on the Moon
In » The week in review » I found this report « US plan base on the moon » with a video. Interesting to include in a teaching unit about living together in the future, or new technologies…
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/the-week-in-review/20061205-NASA-Moonbase.html
video: mms://video.france24.com.edgestreams.net/EN NW PKG NASA 23h_400.wmv
To complement this article you can read:
– this article from the BBC : « how to set a base on the moon » (with a nice drawing presenting an oxygen factory)
article : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4177064.stm
picture: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/magazine_enl_1124808191/img/1.jpg
– and this page from the NASA about « lunar base design » with lots of information, drawings, projects about the lunar base.
http://aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov/HAS/cirr/em/6/8.cfm
